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Thich Nhat Hanh on nirvana (freedom), a major Buddhist essential concept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-rCGmCCMMs

Thich Nhat Hanh on forgiveness, where he tells a US veteran's Vietnam War story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CM9F1mdfcc

Thich Nhat Hanh shares a cosmic view on how to love oneself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMoRtJhVoxc

Donald Rothberg gives the best tribute to Thich Nhat Hanh I've encountered, interweaving Donald's experience with Thay, Thay's life, and Thay's teachings. Photos in the PDF. https://dharmaseed.org/talks/69277/

A Thich Nhat Nahn eulogy written by his disciples: https://plumvillage.org/articles/a-eulogy-from-thays-disciples-in-plum-village/

Thich Nhat Hanh on signlessness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS-zOAtOGPc

Gil Fronsdal celebrating the amazing life of Thich Nhat Hanh: https://www.audiodharma.org/talks/14908

Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma talk (in text, not audio) on loving the unlovable: https://www.mindfulnessbell.org/archive/2016/02/dharma-talk-loving-the-unlovable-2

Thich Nhat Hanh on how to be with difficult or unpleasant experiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Ka2RS0UC4

Thich Nhat Hanh on restlessness, or a lack of inner peace. Talk starts at 13:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq6B4OX6uUE

Thich Nhat Hanh on the understanding of suffering leading to compassion and less suffering. And nice chanting. Watch the first hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgv4iPgQ2o

Here's a great interview from 1995 of Thich Nhat Hanh by Ram Dass, which took place in San Francisco. https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/interviews-with-thich-nhat-hanh/interview-with-ram-dass/

Here's a beautiful, insightful talk from 2005 by Thich Nhat Hanh on the true nature of things, including birth and death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms6EylTW-2o (starts at 14 minutes)

Here's a blog post by Thich Nhat Hanh on how to create peace with mindfulness, deep listening, and loving speech: https://www.lionsroar.com/listening-deeply-for-peace

Meditation is beautiful medicine for fear and suffering, and especially needed now amidst COVID-19 fear and anxiety. Here are upcoming, free talks by Thich Nhat Hanh disciples. https://promo.lionsroar.com/free-summit-thich-nhat-hanh/

Here's a beautiful talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, Life at Every Breath. It's a wonderful gift to hear such a gentle, loving and wise being teach meditation. This one is highly recommended. https://tnhaudio.org/2018/12/28/life-at-every-breath/

Thich Nhat Hanh, a zen master and Buddhist teacher akin to the Dalai Lama, recently took part in a documentary called Walk With Me. It's a slow, beautiful, and at times abstract introduction to mindfulness. Available on Netflix and elsewhere. http://walkwithmefilm.com/

Dharma Bits is a list of mindfulness meditation resources that I love. I hope you enjoy them as well!

-Alex L


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